A high protein diet during development primes the body to react unhealthily to future food binges. A study on juvenile rats, published in BioMed Central's open access journal Nutrition and Metabolism, suggests that lasting changes result .......

"New research from the Child & Family Research Institute shows the typical North American diet of eating lots of meat and not much fish is deficient in omega-3 fatty acids and this may pose a risk to infant neurological development."

More money is spent on advertisement than research by U.S. pharma companies... "U.S. pharmaceutical industry spent 24.4% of the sales dollar on promotion, versus 13.4% for research and development...of US domestic sales of US $235.4 billion [2004].

Thimerosal in vaccines has not affected children's brains or behaviors, the CDC says. Thimerosal is a mercury-based preservative once common in vaccines. It's now found only in small amounts in some flu vaccines.

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